[fpc-pascal] What to do to get new users

[Nikolay Nikolov]

On 10/16/24 8:19 PM, Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal wrote:
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> On Wed, 16 Oct 2024, Nikolay Nikolov via fpc-pascal wrote:
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>> On 10/16/24 4:57 PM, Hairy Pixels via fpc-pascal wrote:
>>> On Oct 16, 2024 at 8:50:21 PM, Ștefan-Iulian Alecu via fpc-pascal 
>>> <fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org> wrote:
>>>> 4. a proper VSCode extension (we can include Vim and Emacs there too,
>>>> but the main focus is VSCode) with all the bells and whistles more
>>>> established extensions have. I know we would all want to stick to
>>>> Lazarus and we all know that VSCode is bloated, but we have to accept
>>>> the reality that people do use it and it is really popular. Survive,
>>>> adapt, overcome. :-) OmniPascal was a nice attempt, but it's dead and
>>>> also closed source;
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>>>> 6. an independent language server (no, cutting Lazarus' guts doesn't
>>>> count, not until people can easily install precompiled versions) that
>>>> can be used with the VSCode extension;
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>>> I have a language server I made and VSCode extension but it’s hard 
>>> to use and buggy (mainly because CodeTools) but for other reasons 
>>> that are my own fault. I never got the package working well enough 
>>> to download binaries and run smoothly. Personally I use Sublime Text 
>>> but I use VSCode for the debugger.
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>> I have some interest in implementing a language server client in the 
>> fp console IDE, so I have some interest in helping with the language 
>> server as well. However, I'm quite busy with other projects right 
>> now, so I don't know when I'll have the time to work on that. Maybe 
>> in a few (6-12) months?
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> I'm a bit baffled. I'm using the VS Code plugin, it works OK.
> It needs some configuration because Lazarus works fundamentally different
> from VS Code, but when that is done, the plugin works fine.
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> Some more actions can be added, but the basic actions work fine.

Ok, that's cool, then. So, what's the problem? If the VS Code plugin 
works, why all the complaining about the lack of VS Code support?

Nikolay